WE NEED GOD

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. Psalm 6.2

It's so hard when the heart is sad, embittered, feeling abandoned. If we see ourselves inside a vial of sadness and disappointment, it seems that nothing is capable of producing joy and satisfaction.

The Bible narrates facts like this: Jonah from the womb of the great fish was a man frustrated with life; Elijah of Mount Horeb was a man without hope and fear; The disciples felt lost, unmotivated, and abandoned at the death of Jesus; Martha and Mary were devastated by the death of Lazarus.

The Lord Jesus himself faced the pain, the sadness, the abandonment as he walked on this earth. Sometimes he cried with the suffering of his neighbor; others, he stretched out his hand to help those who suffered, and sometimes he was wronged, attacked, persecuted.

In fact, sadness is necessary to life. Not only because it teaches us the true value of joy, but because it reveals to us that we need to be careful about our plans and actions. Joy is an achievement and a blessing.

The psalmist teaches us that however clever and blessed we are, we still need God every day. We can never forget that we are weak and that here and there we need healing for our ills.

Fandermiler Freitas